Analysis · competitiveness

How close was it?

Lok Sabha nationally, 1998

Closest contest

0.0%

Mizoram · IND

Biggest landslide

69.3%

Nagaland · INC

Decided by under 1%

of 543 contests

Decided by under 5%

193

35.5% of contests

Contests

543

1998 · national

[01]Closest contests

Smallest winning margin first

0.0%
MizoramIndependentDr. H. Lallungmuana · Mizoram
0.0%
Mumbai South CentralShiv SenaMohan Vishnu Rawale · Maharashtra
0.0%
RajmahalBharatiya Janata PartySom Marandi · Bihar
0.0%
TiruppatturDravida Munnetra KazhagamVenugopal. D · Tamil Nadu
0.1%
RohtakIndian National CongressBhupinder Singh · Haryana
0.12%
SaidpurBharatiya Janata PartyVijay · Uttar Pradesh
0.2%
MavelikaraIndian National CongressProf. P.J. Kurien · Kerala
0.2%
PanajiIndian National CongressRavi Sitaram Naik · Goa
0.25%
MisrikhBahujan Samaj PartyRam Shanker · Uttar Pradesh
0.3%
CannanoreIndian National CongressMullappally Ramachandran · Kerala

[02]Biggest landslides

Largest winning margin first

69.3%
NagalandIndian National CongressK. Asungba Sangtam · Nagaland
53.0%
TuraIndian National CongressPurno Agitok Sangma · Meghalaya
48.5%
RajkotBharatiya Janata PartyDr.Kathiriya Vallabhbhai Ramjibhai · Gujarat
46.8%
JorhatIndian National CongressBijoy Krishna Handique · Assam
39.98%
KhurjaBharatiya Janata PartyAshok Kumar Pradhan · Uttar Pradesh
37.0%
DibrugarhIndian National CongressPaban Singh Ghatowar · Assam
35.94%
Tehri GarhwalBharatiya Janata PartyManabendra Shah · Uttar Pradesh
35.9%
BarpetaUnited Minorities Front, AssamA.F.Golam Osmani · Assam
35.0%
KaliaborIndian National CongressTarun Gogoi · Assam
35.0%
JhargramCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Murmu Rupchand · West Bengal

[03]Seats by winning margin

How the contests split by how close they were

Under 1% 376.8%

1-5% 15628.7%

5-10% 13625.0%

10-20% 14526.7%

20%+ 6912.7%

SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1998 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled